Biography

BIOGRAPHY

Dinelson Lamet Hernandez was born on July 18, 1992, in Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic. He is a pitcher in the MLB.

The San Diego Padres signed Lamet in June 2014. He made his professional debut with the Dominican Summer Padres of the Dominican Summer League and pitched for the Fort Wayne TinCaps of the Class A Midwest League in 2015. In 2016, Lamet began the season with the Lake Elsinore Storm of the Class A-Advanced California League.

The Padres promoted Lamet to the San Antonio Missions of the Class AA Texas League and then to the El Paso Chihuahuas of the Class AAA Pacific Coast League. He returned to El Paso to start the 2017 season.  Lamet made his major league debut on May 25. After being named to the Padres' Opening Day roster in 2018, he had to miss the season due to medical reasons.

After spending the beginning of the 2021 season recovering from a UCL sprain, Lamet made his season debut as the starting pitcher against the Milwaukee Brewers on April 21, 2021.

On June 28, 2023, Lamet signed a minor league contract with the Boston Red Sox organization.